beautiful S4 pics from coastal california
11-08-2010, 11:10 AM
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And you guys will have your own Formula 1 track in 2012!!! I've heard Austin is a great place...will have to visit sometime, likely once the track is done = )
There's few places in the country as beautiful as the west coast of California up on highway 1, where the mountains meet the ocean! But, I'm with Zerin - no, not to rescue him from California - but to welcome his back to Texas!
I got my doctorate @ Baylor in Waco, TX, then lived in Berkeley (Berzerk-ley), CA while on my internship in the valley. Talk about a culture shock going from Waco to Berkeley! I wouldn't want to live for any length of time in either city as they're definitely crazy on the right in Waco and crazy on the left in Berkeley. Austin, TX - where I live - is a nice middle ground; with both liberal & conservative elements. It's also far away from the concrete jungles of Dallas, Houston, & San Antonio. It's the oasis in the middle of Texas. My backyard backs up to a greenbelt in the green, rolling hills of west Austin, yet my gym, lots of restaurants, and shopping is less than a mile away. There's also plenty of well-kept highways and dazzling sunny days down here for jetting around in my S4. Gotta love Austin!
I got my doctorate @ Baylor in Waco, TX, then lived in Berkeley (Berzerk-ley), CA while on my internship in the valley. Talk about a culture shock going from Waco to Berkeley! I wouldn't want to live for any length of time in either city as they're definitely crazy on the right in Waco and crazy on the left in Berkeley. Austin, TX - where I live - is a nice middle ground; with both liberal & conservative elements. It's also far away from the concrete jungles of Dallas, Houston, & San Antonio. It's the oasis in the middle of Texas. My backyard backs up to a greenbelt in the green, rolling hills of west Austin, yet my gym, lots of restaurants, and shopping is less than a mile away. There's also plenty of well-kept highways and dazzling sunny days down here for jetting around in my S4. Gotta love Austin!
11-09-2010, 12:49 PM
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There might be a lot of laws in the books in CA, but for ordinary citizens with every day lives largely they are not followed. There's a certain social tolerance that lets people do whatever they want - smoke weed in public, buy weed, sell weed, marry whoever, you can get health insurance for your roommate/girlfriend/partner, you can bring your dog to a restaurant/grocery store/mall/bar, you can drink in parks and on beaches, etc.. There's not a whole lot of police because of budget issues, so a lot of things are self regulating. They don't seem to be tough on speeding either.
It's actually a very libertarian state in the way it pursues states' rights to deal with the Federal government's ineffectiveness. If CA doesn't like a federal law, it just ignores it. We care a lot more about our ballot measures than which idiots are running Congress this year or which idiot is in the White House sending money to his friends in the form of "policy". America Corporation is broken so we're going to do it ourselves - with Apple, Google, eBay, paypal, netflix, salesforce.com, vmware, oracle, qualcomm, facebook, zynga, playdom, etc.
It's actually a very libertarian state in the way it pursues states' rights to deal with the Federal government's ineffectiveness. If CA doesn't like a federal law, it just ignores it. We care a lot more about our ballot measures than which idiots are running Congress this year or which idiot is in the White House sending money to his friends in the form of "policy". America Corporation is broken so we're going to do it ourselves - with Apple, Google, eBay, paypal, netflix, salesforce.com, vmware, oracle, qualcomm, facebook, zynga, playdom, etc.
Sweet S4 though...
11-09-2010, 06:21 PM
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Here's an example of laws not being followed in Cali. I haven't had a front plate on in probably like 7 or 8 years and never have I been ticketed for it. Typically, unless you get pulled over for a speeding violation or something shady, the cops aren't going to waste their time.
11-09-2010, 06:50 PM
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No offense, but even with all of those kick-*** companies, your state is still dead broke. You have the highest state income tax rate in the country (behind OR who has no sales tax). You have the highest sales tax rate in the country. As for self regulating, CA has the 5th highest crime rate in the country. I'm not sure your libertarian, self regulating, high-tech state is such a great place to live afterall.
Sweet S4 though...
Sweet S4 though...
I've been fortunate to travel and stay in other states and countries and I honestly wouldn't live anywhere else permanently. Oddly enough, if I were to move somewhere else in the US, it would likely be Seattle or Austin =), I love those cities!
11-10-2010, 12:14 AM
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I just moved to Seattle, WA from California and I gotta say, I do miss California. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving Seattle, but California just seems at the forefront of a lot of things. Whether it's pushing to get marijuana legal, coming out with the next iGadget, to making the next Hollywood blockbuster. And don't forget music! When I visit Austin on my frequent trips to visit my girlfriend who lives there (Austin is awesome Rick!) she was raving about a "new" song that had already been playing on the radios in California for a month.
Yea, I know I sound like a fan boy, but I have to represent my home state =P
Yea, I know I sound like a fan boy, but I have to represent my home state =P
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11-10-2010, 11:41 AM
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No offense, but even with all of those kick-*** companies, your state is still dead broke. You have the highest state income tax rate in the country (behind OR who has no sales tax). You have the highest sales tax rate in the country. As for self regulating, CA has the 5th highest crime rate in the country. I'm not sure your libertarian, self regulating, high-tech state is such a great place to live afterall.
Sweet S4 though...
Sweet S4 though...
11-10-2010, 12:23 PM
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11-10-2010, 05:09 PM
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shadowjet- welcome! you're really going to like the next 9-10 months of rain here in Seattle! you will see how come we like the sun so much.
Actually was very nice today, but not very warm. There are a fair number of us B8 S4 guys up here.
Bruce
Actually was very nice today, but not very warm. There are a fair number of us B8 S4 guys up here.
Bruce
11-10-2010, 05:48 PM
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Everyone is talking about cost of living, salaries, and state debt. No one is mentioning the best thing about California.
THE WEATHER!!!!
Where else could you go Snow Skiing, play Golf and Surf all in the same week.
Just my opinion because I hate humidity.
THE WEATHER!!!!
Where else could you go Snow Skiing, play Golf and Surf all in the same week.
Just my opinion because I hate humidity.
11-10-2010, 05:50 PM
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Vancouver Island - if you're ambitious, you could do it all in the same day
Edit: Only thing we don't get here is the LBGP - can't wait for Cali in April!!!!